Carlo Gesualdo

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Carlo Gesualdo
Portrait of Gesualdo, 16th century
Born	(1566-03-30)30 March 1566
Died	8 September 1613(1613-09-08) (aged 47)
Works	List of compositions

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto.